(March 9, 2024 at 12:02 pm)Jackalope Wrote:(March 9, 2024 at 8:32 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I don't think that will extend the discussion in a productive way. We all know what "pain" means, and, for quite a lot of concepts (including "knowledge"), no philosopher has successfully defined them.
So you want to discuss whether an organism is capable of experiencing a phenomenon you can't or won't define?
Don't be daft.
Yeah, that ship has sailed.
Boru
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